El Dorado News

Share + Nov 24, 2009 9:33 am US/Pacific EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. 1 of 1 An El Dorado County judge has decided that 15-year-old Tylar Witt will be tried as an adult along side her 19-year-old boyfriend Steven Colver for the murder of Tylar's mother, Joanne Witt.

El Dorado Irrigation District officials propose to boost water and sewer rates 35 percent in the coming year.

Think small is the way to grow big, believes management of El Dorado Savings Bank, a success story in one of the most turbulent times for the banking industry.

One day after her 15th birthday, Tylar Marie Witt took the witness stand Thursday, and her testimony behind closed doors left lawyers arguing vehemently over her complicity in her mother's brutal killing.

Stories of abuse are emerging in court as an El Dorado County court judge tries to determine if a 15-year-old girl accused of killing her mom should be tried as an adult, CBS station KOVR-TV reported.

Police arrested a Pollock Pines, Calif., resident at a South Shore casino on Nov.

Green Party members and friends from South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County participated in an environmental clean-up project at Loon Lake on Sept.

On Friday, Nov. 6, the Food Bank of El Dorado received a donation of unusually spooky origin.

The El Dorado Irrigation District general manager says he is prepared to sit down with representatives of an environmental group to try to head off a potentially costly lawsuit.

From Chelsea Phua: Authorities in three Northern California counties, including Sacramento and El Dorado, on Friday arrested several people they say hit a man and kidnapped a woman at Red Hawk Casino.

Seven suspected gang members are facing charges in connection with an attempted kidnapping and assault last month at a Northern California casino.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will meet in South Lake Tahoe on Tuesday.

Jeff Neves, the sheriff of El Dorado County, plans to retire in December. None of the candidates in the June 2010 El Dorado County sheriff's race will bear the title of "incumbent." The Board of Supervisors will wait until January to decide who will lead the Sheriff's Department following Sheriff Jeff Neves' retirement Dec.

Join CASA El Dorado on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 5-7 p.m. for family fun and good food at Ernie's Coffee Shop, 1207 Emerald Bay Road, South Lake Tahoe.

John Fraser fended off an election challenge to win a third term on the El Dorado Irrigation District board.

What: Ex-high court Justice Cruz Reynoso discusses the killing of Luis Gutierrez and the rise of Latino hate crimes with La Raza Law Students Association.

In an effort to improvement winter air quality, the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District is offering incentive rebates toward the purchase of clean burning stoves and fireplaces.

El Dorado County youths ages 10 through 18 with ideas for community projects may apply for funding through the El Dorado Grant Advisory Board for Youth.

Bettye Elaine King received a kidney transplant at age 78 through the United Network for Organ Sharing, whose expanded guidelines allow cadaver transplants.

Phillip and Nancy Garrido are scheduled to return to court this morning for further proceedings in the case in which they are accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years ago.